Hello Clinicians and Students!

What is this Training?

Family CARS offers competency training addressing spirituality and religiosity in couples, families, and relationships.

If you are a student or clinician from any mental health field who wonder

• What is the best way to handle tensions in families around religion/ spirituality?

• How to address couples/families who have anxiety or feel stuck due to spiritual or existential concerns such as why such terrible things have happened to them?

• What is the best practice to navigate with a family where they disagree on LGBT marriage, or spiritual practices, or religious values?

• How can you help couples/families use their spiritual resources towards family goals and flourishing?

• What are the ethical limitations of my competency addressing spiritual concerns?

• And More!

There are 5 modules of training that focus on

• Exploring Personal Cultural Comfort with Diverse Religion and Spirituality in Couples and Families

• Highlights of Current Research on Religion/Spirituality (R/S) in Couples/Families

• Assessment of R/S in Couples/Families

• Application of Systems Constructs to R/S tensions and strivings in Couples/Families

• Applying Learning to Couples, Family, and Parenting Cases

Step 1:  Sign up for a Training

We offer trainings in several ways

1. You can gather clinicians or students at your workplace/ school and do the training yourself at NO COST.  Contact us and we will walk you through the process of setting up and delivering the training in the abbreviated (2 hour) or full (5 hour) versions.  charis@mail.regent.edu or call 757-352-4296

2. We offer live trainings regularly on Zoom. Contact us to find out our coming schedule.  Continuing Education Certificates are available for those that attend our training (APA- provider of CE)

3. You can do the training solo at your own pace, watching the videos and completing the workbook reflections.  We cannot offer CE certificates for this type of training.

Step 2: Complete the training

Clinicians and Students can receive a certificate of training competency, 5 Continuing Education Credits from an APA Approved CE Sponsor.

Step 3: Spread the Training Around

Once you complete the training you can offer it to others with the video and workbook.. so please contact us if you would like to be a Family CARS trainer

charis@mail.regent.edu or 757-352-4296.

I Think This is For Me, How Do I Sign up?

1. Complete the Interest Form below to let us know of your interest.

2. Enter your contact information 

3. We will contact you to schedule your training or discuss your needs.

4. If you plan to use this on your own or with your own group, you can also find the links to our videos on youtube, and the training manual to download at this link "Videos and Materials"